CN101254045B

CN101254045B - Obliterator nozzle, cosmetic package combined with obliterator nozzle and painting unit

Info

Publication number: CN101254045B
Application number: CN2008100817642A
Authority: CN
Inventors: V·德拉福尔卡德; P·博尼拉特
Original assignee: LOreal SA
Current assignee: LOreal SA
Priority date: 2002-07-17
Filing date: 2003-07-16
Publication date: 2013-03-27
Anticipated expiration: 2023-07-16
Also published as: FR2842440A1; FR2842440B1; CN101254045A

Abstract

An applicator nozzle may comprise an attachment portion configured to attach the nozzle to a receptacle configured to contain a product and an arrangement of at least two teeth disposed so as to form at least one row comprising first and second end teeth. At least one of the teeth of the arrangement may define a channel configured to be placed in flow communication with product contained in the receptacle. The channel may open on an exterior of the at least one tooth via at least one outlet aperture facing substantially in a direction of at least one adjacent tooth. The nozzle may further define at least one groove and the outlet aperture may open into the groove. The groove may extend from the outlet aperture substantially to a free extremity of the at least one tooth.; The arrangement may be formed by a single molded piece and may be configured so as to present an obstacle to product flowing from the at least one outlet aperture beyond the first and second end teeth.

Description

The cosmetic package that obliterator nozzle is combined with obliterator nozzle and applicator unit

Technical field

The present invention relates to packing and an applicator unit for the cosmetics of being combined with an obliterator nozzle, this obliterator nozzle design is easy to smear cosmetics to hair.

Background technology

The example of known many such obliterator nozzles.

According to the known design of the first, one nozzle that is made of a plurality of molding parts is suggested, particularly this nozzle comprises first and at least one second mid portion, this first is combined with at two of its lateral ends longitudinally teeth and the jockey that is connected with container, this the second mid portion design fits together with first, and this nozzle also comprises the middle hollow tooth of being combined with the side outlet opening.

This design implementation cost is high, because the firstth, it need to use the different mould of two covers, it is another set of for the second intermediary element that one cover is used for the first element, and former two is that the first and second elements must be assembled together therefore, thereby has increased the manufacturing cost of such obliterator nozzle.

Document DE9419660 also describes a kind of nozzle that is made of a plurality of parts.

According to one second Known designs, the nozzle that proposition one is made of single molding part.This molding part is by means of a mould and the first core, obtain by one second moving core, this Design of Dies forms the outer wall of this obliterator nozzle, and this first core consists of hollow roller seating space groove, and the integral body that this second moving core is horizontally through this mould and the first core forms the side outlet opening.The result obtains a kind of obliterator nozzle, and this end tooth that wherein must be horizontally through during molded by the second core is combined with the side outlet opening on its side.Therefore such obliterator nozzle is inaccurate and in use even become filthy, because the makeup goods flow out on the exterior lateral sides of this lateral ends tooth.

Document US 6260557 and DE19954450 also describe the nozzle of integral type.In these two documents, this end tooth has exit opening.In addition, in these two documents, opening appears on the smooth side of this tooth.Therefore, when product flowed out from exit opening, product was randomly dispersed between cog, and can not follow specific path, and the viscosity of this product and product is irrespectively slided along tooth, so that this Product Tendency is in arriving scalp, and can compatibly not enter into the hair part between the two adjacent teeth.

In document DE9419660, opening appears in the groove, and this groove extends to the free end of this tooth.Opening appears at the free end of tooth.

Summary of the invention

The present invention has solved the defective of prior art at least in part, a kind of obliterator nozzle of the above-mentioned type is namely proposed, wherein this structure can form and is configured to prevent that product is along the exit opening direction from this exit opening by integral type is molded, exceeding described the first and second end tooth flows out, and opening appears in the groove, the relatively described tooth of this groove, the free end longitudinal extension from described opening upwards to described tooth.

The present invention has solved the defective of prior art at least in part, the obliterator nozzle of one the above-mentioned type is namely proposed, wherein this tooth is combined with a groove, the relatively described tooth longitudinal extension of this groove, this groove has first end and second end at the free end place that is positioned at described tooth, and this opening appears at the first end of this groove.

On the one hand, this groove design becomes to dredge cosmetics, is designed on the other hand drip at product by capillarity product is dripped slow down, arrive on the scalp in order to prevent product.

The present invention has also solved the defective of prior art at least in part, a kind of nozzle of the above-mentioned type is namely proposed, wherein this structure forms by integral type is molded, and be configured to prevent the direction of any product from described exit opening along exit opening, exceed described the first and second end tooth and flow out, this end tooth does not have exit opening.

According to the present invention, provide to be used for being assemblied in an obliterator nozzle that holds on the container of the product to hair to be applied,

Described obliterator nozzle includes:

A) for the device that this obliterator nozzle is connected on this container;

B) a kind of structure of at least two teeth, be arranged at least one row, the first and second end tooth are drawn together in this package, at least one center tooth in same row between described the first and second end tooth, described center tooth is run through by longitudinal groove, this groove can be contained in container in product be communicated with, described groove reveals by at least one exit opening side direction, this exit opening is emerging in this groove thereby described center tooth is combined with a groove, it is characterized in that, described structure is:

I) form by being molded into an integral piece; With

Ii) be configured to prevent that the direction of product from described exit opening along described exit opening from surmounting described the first and second end tooth and flowing out,

Iii) one row in only the first and second end tooth do not have exit opening,

Wherein said groove is with respect to described tooth longitudinal extension, and this groove has the second end that a first end and is positioned at the free end of described tooth, and this exit opening enters into this groove at its first end; And/or at least two adjacent same row, the center tooth different from the same row's first and second relative end tooth, and each described center tooth demonstrates an opening in same direction.

According to the present invention, the assembly that is used for packing and smears cosmetic product also is provided, it is characterized in that it comprises the container with obliterator nozzle recited above.

According to the present invention, provide to be used for molded mould according to obliterator nozzle of the present invention, it is characterized in that this mould comprises:

One concave member, it includes

. a first, be designed for and form at least in part described jockey,

. at least one second portion, it is from first's extension and be designed to form at least one tooth;

One male element, it forms a core, its first is contained in the first of described concave member with gap to form described jockey, and its at least one second portion is contained in the second portion of described concave member with gap, to form the longitudinal groove of a hollow tooth, the second portion of this male element and the second portion of described concave member are configured as to coact and form groove and the exit opening of a hollow tooth, described groove comprises first end and is positioned at second end at described tooth top section place that described exit opening appears at this groove in its first end place.

According to this invention, the method for using the molded obliterator nozzle of the present invention of mould of the present invention also is provided, it is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:

First step is assembled to concave member on this male element;

Second step, injection of polymer material between this concave member and male element;

Third step, this polymeric material of polymerization;

The 4th step is isolated this concave member from this male element, discharges this obliterator nozzle from this mould.

Description of drawings

When the detailed specification below reading, further feature of the present invention and advantage will become clearly, should be with reference to accompanying drawing in order to fully understand this specification, and accompanying drawing comprises:

-Fig. 1 is the overall perspective for packing and the applicator units of cosmetics, comprises according to a container of the present invention and an obliterator nozzle;

-Fig. 2 is the cross sectional view according to the obliterator nozzle in the horizontal direction of the tooth row of the obliterator nozzle of Fig. 1;

-Fig. 3 be according to the present invention the mould in the vertical and horizontal plane separately perspective view;

-Fig. 4 is perpendicular to according to the detail section view in the plane of the horizontal direction of mould of the present invention;

-Fig. 5 is according to the detail section view in the vertical and horizontal plane of mould of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

In the accompanying drawing of back, identical Reference numeral is used for representing part identical or that have identical function.

Usually, term " front ", " back ", " top " and " following " shown respectively Fig. 1-5 left, to the right, to the top with to element or the position of bottom alignment.

Fig. 1 illustrates one and is used for cosmetics, for example is applied to cosmetics on the hair such as packing and the applicator unit of coloring agent.

Known ground, this unit 10 comprise that one accommodates the container 12 of cosmetics and is fixed to a obliterator nozzle 14 on this container 12 with jockey.

This container 12 for example is flexible or deformable container, and the cylinder that for example can be extruded is so that so that cosmetics pass this internal groove and from exit opening 20 ejection.

One embodiment of the obliterator nozzle 14 that non-exclusively provides is described below with reference to accompanying drawing 2.

This nozzle 14 is combined with a vertical toothing along the transverse row setting, and this package is drawn together:

-in this row's lateral ends, at least two solid vertical teeth 22, and

-between this solid tooth 22, the center tooth 16 of at least one vertical hollow, the center tooth 16 of this vertical hollow is passed by an internal groove 28, this groove 28 is communicated with cosmetics in being contained in this container 12 and at longitudinal end 18 places near this tooth 16, reveals by at least one side outlet opening.

According to the present invention, the Structural Tectonics of this tooth is to prevent that cosmetics from exceeding this described first and second end tooth 22 outflows along the direction of exit opening from this exit opening.

Therefore, in the practice, all products to be applied flow in the space that is limited by the first and second end tooth 22, have guaranteed accurately to smear this product.

Therefore, the first and second end tooth 22 on its lateral surface namely the opposite side in center tooth 16 do not have exit opening 20.

Therefore,, exceed the first and second end tooth 22 and flow not along the direction of exit opening 20 from the product of exit opening 20 ejection.Therefore, only have the product that is applied on the hair that contacts with the lateral surface of this end tooth to flow in this side.

According to an alternative embodiment of the present invention, this first and second end tooth 22 does not have exit opening 20 at it yet on the inner side of this center tooth 16, and namely this first and second end tooth does not have exit opening 20.Therefore product does not flow out from this first and second end tooth 22, and therefore can not flow on the exterior lateral sides.

In addition, when not flowing out from the first and second end tooth 22 owing to this product, the first and second end tooth are solid, therefore can avoid any product in this groove 28 to pile up.

Therefore, this exit opening 20 is positioned on the center tooth 16 at least, namely on the side of each relevant solid vertical tooth 22 towards this.

Extend the end 18 of one longitudinal fluting 26 from each side outlet opening 20 to this tooth 16, is used for especially making that evenly to smear cosmetics easier.This groove 26 has first end and the second end, this exit opening 20 occurs at the first end place, and this second end is relative with first end, corresponding to the free end of this tooth.

In embodiments of the invention shown in Figure 1, this obliterator nozzle 14 has the center tooth 16 of 6 hollows, and the center tooth 16 of this hollow is horizontally set between two solid end tooth 22, so that be easy to sufficient smear cosmetics to processed hair.This structure does not limit the present invention, and this obliterator nozzle can comprise a hollow tooth 16 larger or more peanut.

Obliterator nozzle 14 is shown in detail in Fig. 2.As can be seen, each hollow tooth 16 is combined with base 30 and the internal groove 28 from extending between the mid portion of this tooth ends 18 tooth back at tooth 16, and this internal groove 28 is communicated with two exit openings 20 on each side 24 of tooth.Each exit opening 20 groove 26 relevant with on the outside of tooth is communicated with, the length of distributing this groove of cosmetics in 16 capillarys of two adjacent teeth that this structure allow to obtain to guarantee to optimize is so that the hair that inserts between two adjacent teeth 16 can apply described cosmetics sufficiently; These cosmetics have viscosity characteristics effectively, and this viscosity characteristics tends to form a cosmetic film that remains between the opposed grooves 26 of two adjacent teeth 16.

Exemplarily, each

tooth

16 and 22 is 25 millimeters, and end

tooth

16 and 22 is spaced apart 2 millimeters below exit opening 20,5 millimeters of the ends of the described tooth of each exit opening 20 distance of the lower end that is positioned at this groove 26 in the tooth 16 of hollow.Dark 0.5 millimeter of this groove.

Therefore each groove 26 is used for the edge at the direction guiding cosmetics of the described groove of 16 in tooth.In addition, owing to be increased in the degree of depth of the groove 26 of two free spaces between adjacent teeth, each groove 26 has slowed down the landing that product drips by capillarity, in order to allow product to flood this hair and can not touch scalp.

As shown in Figure 1, this obliterator nozzle 14 also comprises the concave portions 32 of a substantial cylindrical shape, hollow tooth 16 be connected end tooth 22 and extend and this concave portions 32 is combined with the jockey that is connected with the neck (not shown) of this container 12 from this concave portions 32.As more specifically illustrating in Fig. 2, the internal cavities 34 in this column part 32 is communicated with groove 28 in this hollow center tooth 16, and this internal cavities is designed to overlap with the neck (not shown) of container shown in Figure 1 12.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this internal cavities 34 is columned, similar bottom 32.And this internal cavities 34 is combined with a screw thread 36, this screw thread 36 be designed for by the entrained screw thread (not shown) engagement of the outer rim of the neck of this container 12, in order to form jockey.This structure allows this obliterator nozzle 14 to be connected to easily on this container 12.

To notice that this structure does not limit the present invention.This obliterator nozzle 14 can be connected on this container 12 by any known device, for example by the interlocking jockey.

The integral type element that this obliterator nozzle 14 is advantageously produced by molding process.

Fig. 3-5 illustrates one and is used for molded one as mentioned above the mould 40 of obliterator nozzle 14.

Shown in Fig. 3-5, this mould comprises that integral type concave member 42 and consists of the integral type male element 43 of a core.

As shown in Figure 3, this integral type concave member 42 comprises:

-the first time part 44 is used to form the roughly circular cylinder shaped portion 32 of obliterator nozzle 14;

-two top parts 46, the solid end tooth 22 of the lateral ends that is positioned at this obliterator nozzle 14 is extended and be designed to form to this top part 46 from bottom part 44, and

-at least one second mid portion 48, this mid portion 48 is between top part 46, this mid portion 48 is from 44 extensions of bottom part and be designed to form this hollow tooth 16, the inner side 50 of this mid portion 48 is combined with machine-direction oriented and inwardly extend into the jut 52 of this top mid portion 48, this jut 52 is longitudinal extension between the mid portion of this top mid portion 48 and its upper end 54, to form the part of this groove 26 and this exit opening 20.

This integral type male element 43 that consists of a core comprises the bottom part 56 of a matched in clearance in the bottom part 44 of this concave member, with the internal cavities 34 that forms this column part 32, at least one top part 58 of this bottom part 56 and top mid portion 48 matched in clearance of this concave member are with the internal groove 28 that forms this center tooth 16.

In addition, the second top mid portion 48 of this concave member 42 and the top mid portion 58 of this male element are configured as the exit opening 20 that coacts to form this center tooth 16.

More particularly, shown in Figure 4 and 5, an end 60 of each top part 58 of this male element 43 is designed to closely cooperate between the end 62 of this jut 52, and an end 60 of this jut 52 is arranged in the exit opening 20 of mid portion to form this center tooth 16 of each top mid portion 48 of this concave member 42.

The cross section of each jut 52 of in the plane " P " of the longitudinal direction of the top mid portion 48 of the concave member relevant perpendicular to this, observing be constant or change towards the inner end 62 of the mid portion of each the top mid portion 48 that is arranged in this concave member minimum, to be convenient to-can to see in the back-center tooth 16 demouldings that motion straight up by this concave member 42 is correlated with this.

Will appreciate that this integral type concave member 42 and integral type male element 43 all are combined with aligning apparatus, this aligning apparatus design comes to be engaged with each other during this mould 40 of assembling.

These devices comprise the upper end of each top part 58 of this male element 43 at least, but also be included in the aligning apparatus of outside of the part of concave member 42, this upper end 60 cooperates with the end 62 of this jut 52, and this end 62 is arranged in the mid portion of each top mid portion 48 of this concave member.

Especially, this aligning apparatus is combined with at least 3 machine-direction oriented lead (not shown), in this lead and this integral type male/

female element

42 or 43 one is in aggregates, and another integral type concave/

convex shape element

42 or 43 can slide on this lead during this mould 40 of assembling.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, this mould 40 is designed to be easy to produce a large amount of obliterator nozzles 14 in single molded operation, therefore this mould 40 comprises this integral type male/

female element

42,43, this integral type male/

female element

42,43 define many mould cavities, this aligning apparatus comprises that 4 are positioned at this integral type male/female element 42, post on 4 angles of one in 43, and another integral type concave/convex shape element can slide on this post during this mould 40 of assembling.

In this structure, be used for to use the method for the above-mentioned obliterator nozzle 14 of an above-mentioned mould 40 molded to comprise that continuously one preferably vertically is coupled to step on this male element 43 vertically with a concave member 42, one second step, one third step and one the 4th step, in this second step, a kind of polymeric material is injected into by convex and concave member 42, in 43 mould cavities that limit, in third step, solidify this polymeric material, in the 4th step, this concave member 42 is separated with this male element and this obliterator nozzle 14 of discharge from this mould.

All known devices can be used for this obliterator nozzle 14 is discharged.Especially, can obtain fast this obliterator nozzle 14 to be discharged by vibration or compressed-air actuated discharge method.

Therefore the present invention proposes packing and an applicator unit 10, and this packing and applicator unit 10 can guarantee effectively to smear cosmetics to hair, help in addition to produce in producing environment in enormous quantities easily.

Whole specification comprises claims, and being construed as the statement of " comprising " and the statement of " comprising at least one " is synonym, except as otherwise noted.

Claims

1. be used for being assembled to the obliterator nozzle (14) on the container (12) that accommodates the product to hair to be applied,

Described obliterator nozzle includes:

A) jockey is used for this obliterator nozzle (14) is connected to this container (12);

B) comprise at least three teeth (16,22) structure, arrange in a row, this package is drawn together first end tooth (22) and the second end tooth (22) and be positioned at least one center tooth (16) between described first end tooth (22) and the second end tooth (22) in this same row, in described at least one center tooth (16) each is all run through by a longitudinal groove (28), in the described groove (28) each all can be contained in container (12) in product be communicated with, in the described groove (28) each all reveals by one or two exit opening (20) side direction, in the described exit opening (20) each is all along adjacent teeth (16,22) direction orientation, in described at least one center tooth (16) each all is combined with one or two groove (26) thereby in the described exit opening (20) each all is emerging among in the described groove (26) corresponding one, it is characterized in that described structure is:

I) form by being molded into an integral piece; With

Ii) be configured to any outflow that can prevent that the direction of product from described exit opening (20) along described exit opening (20) from surmounting described first end tooth (22) and the second end tooth (22),

Iii) among the row only relative first end tooth (22) and the second end tooth (22) do not have exit opening (20),

In the wherein said groove (26) each all has the capillary degree of depth of permission, with respect to the corresponding longitudinal extension in described at least one center tooth (16), in the described groove (26) each all has first end and is arranged in the second end of corresponding one free end of described at least one center tooth (16), and each in the described exit opening (20) all corresponding one first end in described groove (26) enters into wherein; In described at least one center tooth (16) different from same row's described first end tooth and relative the second end tooth each demonstrates an exit opening (20) in same direction, in the wherein said groove (26) each has all been slowed down the landing that product drips by capillarity, in order to allow product to flood this hair and can not touch scalp.

2. obliterator nozzle according to claim 1 (14) is characterized in that, each in the described groove (28) reveals by two exit openings that mutually deviate from (20).

3. obliterator nozzle according to claim 1 (14) is characterized in that, described first end tooth (22) and described the second end tooth (22) all are solid.

4. obliterator nozzle according to claim 1 (14) is characterized in that, each in the described exit opening (20) is positioned near corresponding one free end in described at least one center tooth (16).

5. obliterator nozzle according to claim 1 (14) is characterized in that, described jockey is made of screw thread (36) and is designed to and mutually combines with the respective threaded that is arranged on described container (12) neck.

6. be used for packing and smear the assembly of cosmetic product, it is characterized in that, it comprises the container (12) that is equipped with according to claim 1 each described obliterator nozzle (14) in 5.

7. for molded according to claim 1 to the mould (40) of 5 each described obliterator nozzles (14), it is characterized in that this mould comprises:

Integral type concave member (42), it includes

Bottom part (44) is designed for and forms at least in part described jockey,

Two top parts (46) are extended and are designed to form first end tooth (22) and the second end tooth (22) from described bottom part (44);

At least one mid portion (48), it is positioned between described two top parts (46) and extends and be designed to form described at least one center tooth (16) from the bottom part (44) of described concave member (42), each inner side (50) in described at least one mid portion (48) of this concave member (42) includes machine-direction oriented jut (52), in the described jut (52) each all extend among in described at least one mid portion (48) of described concave member (42) corresponding one, and longitudinal extension between the second end of the described jut (52) in described at least one mid portion (48) of described concave member (42) in corresponding one mid portion and the first end (54) on described jut (52) top, thereby form the part of described groove (26) and described exit opening (20) corresponding in described at least one center tooth (16);

Integral type male element (43), it forms a core, the bottom part (56) of wherein said male element (43) is contained in the bottom part (44) of described concave member (42) with gap to form described jockey, and at least one top part (58) of wherein said male element (43) is contained in described at least one mid portion (48) of described concave member (42) with gap, to form the longitudinal groove (28) of described at least one center tooth (16), at least one top part (58) of this male element (43) and described at least one mid portion (48) of described concave member (42) are shaped as and coact, thereby form each the exit opening (20) in described at least one center tooth (16), each in the described exit opening (20) all appears at corresponding one the first end place in the described groove (26).

8. mould according to claim 7 (40) is characterized in that,

The respective end (60) of at least one top part (58) of the described male element (43) that is connected with described at least one mid portion (48) of described concave member (42) is designed to seamlessly overlap with the second end (62) of corresponding described jut (52), each in described jut (52) extends in the mid portion of corresponding in described at least one mid portion (48) of this concave member (42), thereby forms another part of the described exit opening (20) of described at least one center tooth (16).

9. mould according to claim 8 (40), it is characterized in that, the cross section of each in perpendicular to the plane (P) of the longitudinal direction of described at least one mid portion (48) of relevant concave member in the described jut (52) of intercepting all is constant or become minimum near the second end (62) of the jut of corresponding one mid portion of described at least one mid portion (48) that is arranged in this concave member, to be convenient to the demoulding of this at least one center tooth (16) of being correlated with.

10. mould according to claim 7 (40) is characterized in that, described concave member (42) and male element (43) include centralising device, and this centralising device is designed to interact when assembly jig (40).

11. mould according to claim 10 (40), it is characterized in that, this centralising device comprises at least 3 machine-direction oriented leads, in these leads each all with this male element (43)/concave member (42) in one in aggregates, and this mould of assembling when (40) another in concave member (42)/male element (43) can slide at these leads.

12. the method for each described obliterator nozzle (14) in the molded claim 1 to 5 of each described mould (40) is characterized in that in the right to use requirement 7 to 11, may further comprise the steps:

First step is assembled to concave member (42) on this male element (43);

Second step, injection of polymer material between this concave member (42) and male element (43);

Third step solidifies this polymeric material;

The 4th step is isolated this concave member (42) from this male element (43), discharges this obliterator nozzle (14) from this mould (40).